Trace-carrier



Patentevd'lune 13,1899.

A. lFi. DAYMON.

TRACE CARRIER.

(Applxcatxon filed May 17, 1898 (No Model.)

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ALLEN n. DAYMoN, or' PETERS CREEK, ILLINOIS.

'l'RACE-ICARRIEF?u SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,982, dated J une 13, 1899.

Application filed May 17,1898. Serial No. 680,929. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t Iii/ty concern.'

Be it known that I, ALLEN R. DAYMON, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Peters Creek, in the county of Hardin and State of Illinois, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Securing Devices for Snap-Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable thers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention relates to certain new and usefulimprovementsin harness attachments; and it consists of what might be termed a securing device7 or snap-buckle,the object being to provide reliably efficient means for holding the trace-chain or tug in the desired position, whereby it may be readily secured and disengaged.

' As will be seen from the following specilication and the accompanying' drawings, my invention consists in certain novel const-ruction and arrangement of parts, which will be clearly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my securing device or snap complete. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof on a slightly-enlarged scale from that shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a central section of Fig. 20u line 0o x. Ifigjc is a detail plan view of the locking-tongue removed from the frame.

Briefly stated, my invention consist-s in a suitable frame or body having an overlapping end designed toform a seat and for receiving the tug or trace-chain, and a cooperative spring-latch designed to lock the trace in an adjusted position within said seat and permit the same to be readily removed.

l Referring in detail to the several parts of my invention, 1 represents the upper end of my improved snapbuckle, from which exper end and united at its lower end S, the latter being preferably connected, as by rivets 9, to the hook-closing member 10. In order that the hook-closing member IO may be snugly seated and included within the lhooksection, I prefer to cut away the central portion of said section, and within such opening I dispose the member 10, so that its outer surface will lie flush with the hook member, and, further, in order that said member may be more securely held in its operative position without unduly taxing the capacity of the spring 7 I prefer to provide said member with the recess Il, which is designed to receive the transverse rib l2, formed upon the cross-bar 13, which, in connection with the end bar 14, will prevent an undue upward extension of the member IO, as will be readily apparent from Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In order that the member 10 and its coperating spring 7 may be readily controlled, I

provide the thumb-piece 15, which when pressed upon will bring the lower end of the spring downward sufficiently to force the upper surface of the bar 13 on a line with the up- -per surface of the lowerpart ofthe hook portions or members 4, when the trace-chain I6 may be readily inserted within the seat pro vided by hook member or removed therefrom.

My improved securing device is designed to be secured in any preferred Way to the back-band of harness, so that the same will rest upon either side of the animal at a point .which will enable the hook portions or members 4. to readily receive a link of the tracechain at lthis point, and thus hold said chain position.

While I have described the preferred con- IOO struction to be employed n producing and assembling the several cooperating parts of my securing device, it will be understood that any substantial equivalent of the construction and arrangement described is comprehended by me, and I do not therefore wish to be confined strictly to the exact showing I have made.

It will be readily apparent that by cutting away the central portion of the hook member a more graceful outline is produced, resulting in greater lightness without impairing the strength of the several parts, the transverse sections 13, 14, and 13 being designed to pro- Vide the requisite reinforcement at the points where the same are located.

By providing a proper finish to the several parts my improved securing device will add an attractive finish to the harness, and since the several -features are very simple in construction the entire device may be produced ata minimum cost, and at the same time it will prove of permanent character and reliable efficiency.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described securing device for trace-chains or the like, consisting of the end section 1, the inwardly-inclined side sections 3 and the hook extensions or members 4, integral with said parts, said members being connected by the transverse sections 13, 14

and 18; a bracket 5 attached to and extend ing above said side sections; a closing member 10 :fitting between said hook members and lying beneath the transverse sections 13 and 14 and provided with the thumb-piece 15, and a spring secured to said bracket and closing member and adapted to hold the latter in engagement with said transverse sections, whereby the trace-chain will be held in place,

Aas specified and for the purpose set forth.

2. A trace-securing device for harness consisting of an anchoring or'body section by which it is secured in place and further provided with parallel hook members having an open space between them and connected together at their ends by the transverse section 13 having an inwardlydirected rib 12; a bracket secured to the anchoring-section and extending above the same; a bifurcated spring secured to said bracket and carrying a closing member which is adapted to lie between the parallel hook-sections and is pr0- vided with a recess adapted to receive said rib, whereby said member will be held against longitudinal movement, as specified and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALLEN R. DAYMON. lVitnesses:

SEBA OXFORD, CHAs. OXFORD. 

